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2013-05-20Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-226
The durability of examination gloves used on intensive care units
dc.contributor.authorHübner, Nils-Olaf
dc.contributor.authorGoerdt, Anna-Maria
dc.contributor.authorMannerow, Axel
dc.contributor.authorPohrt, Ute
dc.contributor.authorHeidecke, Claus-Dieter
dc.contributor.authorKramer, Axel
dc.contributor.authorPartecke, Lars I.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T16:40:28Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T16:40:28Z
dc.date.created2013-05-30
dc.date.issued2013-05-20none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/reychnW4jkxjU/PDF/25EFKZ7KlHUEM.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/1550
dc.description.abstractBackground: The use of examination gloves is part of the standard precautions to prevent medical staff from transmission of infectious agents between patients. Gloves also protect the staff from infectious agents originating from patients. Adequate protection, however, depends on intact gloves. The risk of perforation of examination gloves is thought to correlate with duration of wearing, yet, only very few prospective studies have been performed on this issue. Methods: A total number of 1500 consecutively used pairs of examination gloves of two different brands and materials (latex and nitrile) were collected over a period of two months on two ICU’s. Used gloves were examined for micro perforations using the “water-proof-test” according to EN 455–1. Cox-regression for both glove types was used to estimate optimal changing intervals. Results: Only 26% of gloves were worn longer than 15 min. The total perforation rate was 10.3% with significant differences and deterioration of integrity of gloves between brands (peng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
dc.subjectHand hygieneeng
dc.subjectExamination gloveseng
dc.subjectMicro perforationeng
dc.subjectGlove changeeng
dc.subjectIntensive care uniteng
dc.subjectDisinfectioneng
dc.subjectMulti-barrier strategyeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleThe durability of examination gloves used on intensive care units
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10031207
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2334-13-226
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1475
local.edoc.container-titleBMC Infectious Diseases
local.edoc.fp-subtypeArtikel
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/13/226
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameBioMedCentral
local.edoc.container-volume13
local.edoc.container-issue226
local.edoc.container-year2013

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